What is physical activities?
Physical activity can be defined as any physical movement that requires energy. Physical activity can improve and maintain a person's physical health. Similarly, physical activity is an integral part of preschool children's daily life. Since they are still in the process of physical development, appropriate physical activity can help promote the growth and development of preschool children and provide many different long-term benefits.
The physical play activities loved by toddlers and preschoolers
Balance beam:
At the beginning of the game, children need to stand on a long wooden bar to keep balance, keep moving forward and pass through, and then jump off the wooden bridge. You can even compete to see which child has the shorter warrior across the balance beam to stimulate children's fun.
Simon says:
First, you need to choose a child to play "Simon". Simon either starts with "Simon says" or does not start with "Simon says", and gives commands for other children to make corresponding actions. At the beginning of the game, children only need to follow the commands that start with "Simon says".
Indoor obstacle course:
Obstacle course is a great sports game for children. Children need to jump and crawl from one obstacle to another, constantly challenging the obstacles on the way until they reach the end. The obstacle course can exercise children's balance and coordination.
Hopscotch:
The easiest way to do this activity is to take a piece of chalk and draw a hopscotch pattern on the ground. Children also need to keep their balance when jumping from one square to another. Hopscotch is an aerobic exercise that can strengthen children's bones and help children improve coordination, motor skills and concentration.
Ball-throwing game:
You can provide your child with balls to kick, roll, and throw. To start the game, children can use plastic bottles and soft balls to "throw" the ball into the basket to practice shooting, which can promote the child's body muscle development.
Musical chairs:
The musical chairs game is a fun game for preschoolers to play, which can exercise the coordination and motor skills of young children. Adults can let children circle around the chairs and listen to music. When the music stops, the children need to sit on the chairs quickly, so as to exercise the children's listening and following instructions. They can test the children's attention during the game by observing who notices that the music stops.
Animal role-playing:
You can draw the name of an animal or insect on a card. Then, let your child imitate the animal and show how the animal moves from one place to another, finds food, sleeps, stays safe, etc., so as to exercise the child's observation and imitation skills.
Benefits of physical activities for toddlers and preschoolers
Physical activity is essential for the healthy development of a young child's brain and body. During the preschool years, a child's bones are still forming and growing, but physical exercise can help. The benefits of exercise for children affect all aspects of their lives, from their health to their academics, and more importantly, it can play an important role in children's various stages of life and benefit children throughout their lives.
Exercise keeps children strong
Exercise is one of the best ways to prevent childhood obesity, and more activities can help reduce children's risk of obesity-related diseases. But in addition to preventing diseases, exercise is also important for children because it helps children strengthen their bodies and strengthen their physical fitness, which will benefit them throughout their lives.
Exercise develops good habits
Habits formed in childhood will always stay with us into adulthood. Long-term physical exercise activities can not only teach children healthy living habits in the short term, but also cultivate children's self-care ability.
Exercise promotes attention
Exercise has many benefits for our brains, and games and entertainment can help test children's memory and attention by using games that require them to think. It helps promote children's brain development and can enhance children's concentration.
Exercise helps relieve stress
Physical activity can be an excellent way to relieve stress for children. Exercise can also provide children with a healthy outlet for their emotions and can distract children from stressful events in their lives, allowing them to vent those negative emotions and relieve their emotional stress.
